You are living in Tokyo with your Japanese host family, whose members include your host parents, a little sister, and a grandmother with arthritis. Soon you will take a trip with them to an 温泉 before returning home to the United States。 You want to give them a gift to thank them for their hospitality, and decide to design a special 手拭い for them, which they can take to the 温泉。You have already learned how to use Japanese bath utensils at an 温泉 bath. Today you will explore 手拭い , discover multiple ways that they can be used, and design your own 手拭い.
Worksheet Questions
What are tenugui?
Why do Japanese people use tenugui when they go to an onsen?
Describe the history of tenugui.
What are some ways that tenugui can be used?
What are some common designs on tenugui? Why do you think that these designs are so popular?
What is the size of tenugui in inches and centimeters? Why do you think they are this size?
What is the difference between tenugui and American-style towels? Why do you think that tenugui are unhemmed? Made of cotton?
Tasks You will answer the worksheet questions to prepare you to design your own original tenugui, and invent a new use for it. Then on the class wiki, you will post a picture (or video) of the tenugui you design, with pictures and descriptions in Japanese about how to use it in a traditional way, and in a new way.
You will create an original design for your own tenugui, by first drawing a rough draft on paper. Make sure that your design represents your host family, and yourself, in some way. Also make sure that your design reflects your thanks your host family for their hospitality.
Next you will draw your design on your cloth with a pencil, and then go over it with permanent markers. Alternately, you can use dye to create a tie dye effect.
On the class wiki, you will post a picture (or video)of your tenugui, along with pictures/videos and explanations (in Japanese) about how to use your tenugui in a traditional way and in your new way.
You will compare tenugui to American-stye towels through a small experiment.
Finally, you will present your original tenugui, and how to use it, to the class (in Japanese).
Procedures and Resources
Step 1 (Worksheet Questions)
Go to the following sites and answer the questions on your handout, using Japanese whenever possible.
Design your own tenugui, by first creating a design on paper, and then drawing the design on your cloth in pencil.
Invent a new way to use or wear a tenugui.
On the class wiki, post a picture (or video)of your tenugui, with pictures (or video)and an explanation in Japanese about how to wear/use it in a traditional way 〈伝統的, ）and in your new contemporary way 〈現代的）。
Look at your classmates` tenugui photos on the wiki, and post at least three comments in Japanese. [see example]
Work with a classmate to compare a hemmed tenugui to an unhemmed one, and compare both to an American-style towel. First hem one of the tenugui, and then dampen the two tenugui, as well as the towel. Observe the drying process, answer Question 7 on the worksheet, and describe what you find out.
Present your tenugui, and your ways to use or wear it, to the class in Japanese.
Evaluation
You will be graded on your answers to the worksheet questions, your wiki posting with original tenugui design and how to wear/use your tenugui, and your presentation to the class.
とても良く出来ました!
4
良く
出来ました!
3
まあまあです
2
もう少し
がんばりましょう
1
スコア
handout questions
(accuracy)
All questions answered fully and correctly, showing great amount of reflection.
Most (6+)questions answered fully and correctly.
Some questions (4-5) answered correctly.
Just a few questions (2-3) answered correctly.
tenugui design (creativity)
Tenugui represents family and student very clearly; shows thanks clearly; is very neat & colorful; shows artistic creativity.
Tenugui represents family and student well; shows thanks; final product is neat, shows some artistic creativity.
Tenugui somewhat representsfamily and student;
gives some idea of thanks; final product is neat.
Tenugui shows some understanding of tenugui design; final product is basic.
tenugui new way to use/wear
(originality)
New way to use/wear tenugui is extremely original yet practical (i.e. someone could actually use it this way)
New way to use/wear tenugui shows much originality and practicality.
New way to use/wear tenugui shows some originality and practicality.
New way to use/wear tenugui shows very basic originality, practicality.
presentation explanation in Japanese on how to use/wear
(accuracy)
Presention features very good pronunciaton; all (5+) correct sentences;accurate information.
Presentation features good pronunciaton, mainly correct (4+)sentences; mainly accurate information.
Presentation features comprehensible pronunciaton, some correct (3) sentences;some accurate information.
Presentation features partly comprehensible pronunciaton; a 1-2 correct sentences, some accurate information.
Conclusion
With this project, you are ready to use your own tenugui at a Japanese onsen bath. You also know many ways to use a tenugui, which should come in handy when traveling to a Japanese onsen. But why wait until you get to the onsen? You can start using your tenugui at home and at school. When it comes to tenugui, you are only limited by your imagination!
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Credits & References
Images: I do not own these images. All except those in the PhotoPeach onsen video project were taken from flickr.com and are free to use without copyright. The PhotoPeach onsen video project is for my presentation only, and the pictures can not be used for public viewing without the consent of the image owners.
Music: I do not own any music used in this webquest.
We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is hereby granted for other educators to copy this WebQuest, update or otherwise modify it, and post it elsewhere provided that the original author's name is retained along with a link back to the original URL of this WebQuest. On the line after the original author's name, you may add Modified by (your name) on (date). If you do modify it, please let me know and provide the new URL.
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Last updated Sat, 28 Feb 2004 02:26:00 GMT. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1349G_fQULkF6CH1zEpdDKTsc3BHyitmGikQjFpNDXVE&hl=en#
手拭いを使おう！
A WebQuest for 10-11th Grade (Japanese III)
Designed by B. Cooper
bridcoop@gmail.com
Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page
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Introduction
You are living in Tokyo with your Japanese host family, whose members include your host parents, a little sister, and a grandmother with arthritis. Soon you will take a trip with them to an 温泉 before returning home to the United States。 You want to give them a gift to thank them for their hospitality, and decide to design a special 手拭い for them, which they can take to the 温泉。You have already learned how to use Japanese bath utensils at an 温泉 bath. Today you will explore 手拭い , discover multiple ways that they can be used, and design your own 手拭い.
Worksheet Questions
Tasks
You will answer the worksheet questions to prepare you to design your own original tenugui, and invent a new use for it. Then on the class wiki, you will post a picture (or video) of the tenugui you design, with pictures and descriptions in Japanese about how to use it in a traditional way, and in a new way.
Process
Procedures and Resources
Step 1 (Worksheet Questions)
Go to the following sites and answer the questions on your handout, using Japanese whenever possible.
http://wuhaonyc.com/what_is_tenugui.php
http://www.curiosite.com/scripts/news/ennews.php?frmIdPagina=10127
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl19990612a1.html
http://www.kanaday.com/information.html#bathing
http://www.kamawanu.co.jp/english/index.html
http://www.curiosite.com/scripts/news/ennews.php?frmIdPagina=10127
http://www.hizen-ya.co.uk/index.php?n=Tenugui.Tenugui
http://www.kamawanu.co.jp/tenugui/list.html (in Japanese, showing traditional and modern ways to use tenugui)
http://wuhaonyc.com/how_to_use.php
http://www.kamawanu.co.jp/english/index.html
http://www.melcer.jp/culture/spiraea/usage.html
http://www.hizen-ya.co.uk/index.php?n=Tenugui.Tenugui
http://www.hizen-ya.co.uk/index.php?n=Tenugui.PracticalUses
http://www.geocities.jp/woof163eng/tenugui.eng.html
http://wuhaonyc.com/index.php
http://pingmag.jp/2007/05/17/tenugui/
http://www.melcer.jp/culture/spiraea/tenugui_main_en.html
http://www.hizen-ya.co.uk/index.php?n=Tenugui.Tenugui
(Answer in Step 2 below.)
Step 2 (Tasks)
Evaluation
You will be graded on your answers to the worksheet questions, your wiki posting with original tenugui design and how to wear/use your tenugui, and your presentation to the class.4
出来ました!
3
2
がんばりましょう
1
(accuracy)
(creativity)
gives some idea of thanks; final product is neat.
(originality)
(accuracy)
Conclusion
With this project, you are ready to use your own tenugui at a Japanese onsen bath. You also know many ways to use a tenugui, which should come in handy when traveling to a Japanese onsen. But why wait until you get to the onsen? You can start using your tenugui at home and at school. When it comes to tenugui, you are only limited by your imagination!
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Credits & References
Images: I do not own these images. All except those in the PhotoPeach onsen video project were taken from flickr.com and are free to use without copyright. The PhotoPeach onsen video project is for my presentation only, and the pictures can not be used for public viewing without the consent of the image owners.
Music: I do not own any music used in this webquest.We all benefit by being generous with our work. Permission is hereby granted for other educators to copy this WebQuest, update or otherwise modify it, and post it elsewhere provided that the original author's name is retained along with a link back to the original URL of this WebQuest. On the line after the original author's name, you may add Modified by (your name) on (date). If you do modify it, please let me know and provide the new URL.
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Last updated Sat, 28 Feb 2004 02:26:00 GMT. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page